'Runs in the Family' in Rome

Rome Community Theater’s latest production is “It Runs in the Family,” a farce set in a London hospital three days before Christmas.

ROME – Rome Community Theater’s latest production is “It Runs in the Family,” a farce set in a London hospital three days before Christmas.

Seven performances are scheduled.

Ray Cooney, who wrote “Run for Your Wife” and “Two Into One,” pulls out all the stops in his story about Dr. David Mortimore who is desperately trying to prepare to give a lecture while fending off a paternity suit, an ex-wife, a punkish son and various other lunatics.

Cooney’s “Run for Your Wife” was staged in 2005 at Utica College by the Players of Utica.